Comments | gardengirl6: my electricity usage

gardengirl6

my electricity usage

Dec 27, 2008 14:07

Read Date
(Click to View Bill)Usage (kWh)Number
of DaysUsage
Per DayChargeRead
TypeAverage
Temp (°F) 12/03/20084573513.06$65.09 0038.312/3/2008 12:00:00 AM 10/29/20087143023.80$101.72 0048.410/29/2008 12:00:00 AM 09/29/2008 10253133.06$150.80 0062.59/29/2008 12:00:00 AM 08/29/2008 7852927.07$116.79 0066.98/29 ( Read more... )

Comments 11

ellid December 27 2008, 19:52:02 UTC

Ooo, this is really interesting! Good to know that WMECO has a lower than average carbon footprint, even if they use more from nuclear plants (presumably Seabrook and the plant near Brattleboro) than average.

One thing that helped lower my useage by about 25%: an EnergyStar refrigerator. It's *really* making a difference this December!

gardengirl6 December 29 2008, 00:36:08 UTC

I need to look at my calendar and figure out which month I got *my* new Energy Star fridge. Thanks for the reminder! My old one cycled almost all the time - it was a 1992 that had been moved cross-country several times, the poor old thing.

closetravenclaw December 27 2008, 21:55:02 UTC

That is interesting. I will have to see if I can track past bills online.

I did go to the EPA website and my region's mix is mostly natural gas, then hydo and nuclear after that. I would like to see us go more hydro and solar. I would love to be able to run my house on solar, but the upstart cost is just too expensive.

I have heard of household with solar that are actually selling their excess engery back to power other households.

If for nothing more, reducing bills is good. :)

gardengirl6 December 29 2008, 00:38:15 UTC

California is a great place to have photovoltaic panels! I have a newspaper article several years old around here somewhere about a developer who put in a subdivision in San Diego with PV panels on all the roofs - Poway, maybe? Around here we can cover about 1/3 of our electrical needs with PV panels, but I'd still LOVE to have a set.

helwen December 27 2008, 22:05:14 UTC

I'd say you're doing pretty well -- noticed that your June usage went down from 2007 to 2008 ( ... )

gardengirl6 December 29 2008, 00:51:50 UTC

Do you have Western Mass Electric? I got all my data from their customer service website ( ... )

helwen December 30 2008, 14:53:19 UTC

Yes, we have WMECo. Hm, I'll check it out ( ... )

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gardengirl6 December 29 2008, 00:35:10 UTC

I use my A/C occasionally, but more often I use my whole-house fan and let it run all night, pulling in cool night air. A/C would be even more. These figures also accommodate my dehumidifiers, which are PIGS, but my basement would turn green with mildew very quickly without them.

helwen December 30 2008, 15:02:22 UTC

Ah, we used to have a basement like that, in Holyoke. Where you are you may not have this particular problem, but at our place we figured out that most of the moisture was coming in from one side (we were on a hill). My folks' home in Northampton, which was on level ground, had a similar problem though, so ( ... )

parakletos December 29 2008, 00:25:41 UTC

I'd like to comapre your useage to ours but do you use electricty for heating?

gardengirl6 December 29 2008, 00:33:48 UTC

I have a gas furnace with baseboard hot water heat. Only one outlet has an electric blower, though the furnace does use some electricity. It's not like the house where I grew up, with electric baseboard heating, though.